7. - There are no accidents - There is no secret ingredient
沒有意外
- There are no accidents
“The days of my life were all prepared before I'd even lived one day.”
Ps (The Message)
沒有秘密成分
- There is no secret ingredient
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us..” Romans 5.6 (ESV)
Our family really enjoy Kung Fu Panda – about a Panda called Po who becomes a martial arts warrior
He learns from his master Shifu – much of it based on Taoism, the ying and yang of opposing forces – Panda is big, soft and cuddly, but he uses his size to defeat his enemies, by sitting on them or bouncing them off his rather large stomach.
There are some strong messages throughout the film – I’ve got three of them here in Chinese and English.
There are no accidents, nothing happens by chance, everything happens for a reason
There is no secret ingredient – Po wanted to become the Dragon Warrior and thought the scroll would give him the answers, but he had to learn there are no quick steps to becoming special or important
The search for inner peace – Po had a sad event in his early life and spends most of the second film seeking inner peace
But viewed from the bible’s perspective, each of these tells us important things about the Christian faith:
There are no accidents – that’s right, each of us is created in God’s image, all our days are planned before we ever enter the world and God values and loves each one of us
There is no secret ingredient – lots of people think there is a secret to having a happy life, a special person, lots of money or something else. But God tells us that the secret to a happy life is not to be found in us – the truth is that we were God’s enemies and our value lies not in ourselves, but in what God has done for us – sending Jesus to die for us so we can know him. Then we are truly special.
Inner peace – peace comes, not from within ourselves, but from a relationship with God, that begins with we put our faith and trust in Jesus – we become “Justified” as if we had never sinned in God’s sight.
So although its not a film about Jesus, there are some really interesting things it is teaching us – but we need to understand how the bible views life, and look for our answers to the things that films, books, TV and school friends tells us in the bible. Each of us is loved, special and can find peace through the love of God in Jesus Christ.
內心的平靜
- Inner peace
“Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5.1 (NIV)